Meanwhile, the Spurs are the ones that want to see Bale on their books again, but the chairman Daniel Levy would like to take his former protégé only on loan.

The only way the Lilywhites would welcome Bale back to London is that Los Blancos accept to ship him on a season-long loan and pay a majority of his salary.

Although this scenario seems highly improbable, Florentino Perez must be aware of the fact the Wales international is approaching the fourth decade, and no one would fork out 70 million to sign an injury-prone player in his age.